REPUBLIC ACT NO. 783 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN, CLASS IX, OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF 1909, BY PROVIDING EXEMPTION OF NEWSPRINT FROM CUSTOMS DUTY IN CERTAIN CASES.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 783, June 21, 1952 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN, CLASS IX, OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF 1909, BY PROVIDING EXEMPTION OF NEWSPRINT FROM CUSTOMS DUTY IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Paragraph numbered one hundred and forty-seven, Class IX of section eight of the Philippine Tariff Act of nineteen hundred and nine as continued in force and effect by Republic Act Numbered Three, is amended to read as follows:

"147. Printing paper, white or colored, suitable for books not printed or otherwise elaborated, and sand, glass, emery, carborundum, and similar papers, and sheathing and roofing paper, ten per centum ad valorem: Provided, That printing paper, white or colored, suitable for newspapers, not printed or otherwise elaborated, whenever imported by or for publishers for exclusive use in the publication of newspapers, shall be exempt from payment of duty.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 21, 1952.